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The Small Bachelor

P.G. Wodehouse

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May 23, 2018 Amy rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018, read-as-an-audiobook

Turns out I don't really enjoy the Wodehouse stories set in the US that much. There English setting adds a charm that is missing in the NY based stories. It was funny but not the hysterical "how can this all come together" funny that we come to expect from Wodehouse. ...more

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Aug 21, 2022 Ezra rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2025-wodehouse-rereads

4.5 stars! A great stand-alone novel by P.G. Wodehouse from 1927 that was based on a musical written previously by Wodehouse and Guy Bolton. It takes place in New York City during Prohibition, and it’s bursting with great, quirky characters.

There’s George Finch - who inherited a fortune and used it to become (according to his best friend) the worst artist in New York. George is also a shy but determined romantic.

J. Hamilton Beamish - an avid pamphlet writer on every topic under the sun from “The ...more

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Dec 05, 2018 Joe Stevens rated it liked it

Reading the Goodreads reviews might be as entertaining as reading the book. One reviewer says that the book doesn't have the sparkling word play of most PG Wodehouse books and right below is another review saying that whatever faults it may have it has all the sparkling word play of great PG Wodehouse books. Other than agreeing that it was written by Wodehouse and based on a play there is no agreement on anything.

I'll clear this all up by noting that I have no idea. The start of the book seems l ...more

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